The issue of increasing defensive spending of NATO countries (NATO) resonated on social media, which some of its pioneers believe that the alliance moves from collective priorities to an arms race due to the fear of America’s fluctuations.
Article Five of the Establishment Agreement states Alliance However, any attack by a state in NATO is an attack on everyone, and all members become required to defend the targeted state.
On this basis, each member of the member states allocates 2% of its annual domestic product to enhance its defensive ability, which is part of the alliance’s ability, and Poland paid more than 4% last year because of its fear of RussiaIt is a proportion of what America, which is described as the largest supporter.
On the other hand, observers believe that there are those trying to obtain the protection of the alliance without paying a lot of money such as Canada and Belgium, which pay 1.5 and 1.28% of their November, respectively, something that the American president did not hide Donald Trump His annoyance with him and his rejection of him, and since his return to the White House, he continued 5 months ago, asking everyone to pay what is on her.
Rather, Trump explicitly announced that US You will not contribute to protecting those who do not pay the price of their diets, saying: “When I said: If you do not pay, we will not protect you starting money.
I will encourage Putin if he attacked you
Trump went further than this by saying that the president of one of the countries asked him if he would protect them if they did not pay, and the American president answered him: “I will encourage Russia if it attacked any country that does not pay,” or in other words, and as many understood it, he has “threatened to escape the Russian Vladimir Putin on them.”
Trump did not stop when the states were asked to pay its share, so he demanded to raise the spending rate for each country to 5%.
During the last meeting of the alliance, which was held on Tuesday in the city of The Hague, the countries agreed to what Trump requested, and NATO Secretary -General Mark Route congratulated him that he “made everyone complied with his initiative.” But Spain objected to the proposal, and its Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that he agreed with NATO to a solution.
The Spain government reached a positive agreement with the alliance stipulating that 2.1% of its gross domestic product is allocated to enhance its defensive ability.
However, NATO Secretary -General Sanchez stated that he was required to find money and pay 5% like the rest of the countries, and when the Spanish Prime Minister rejected this matter, he was removed from the collective image.
The communication sites interacted with these developments, as activists said that Europe should rely on itself, because America is no longer guaranteed in light of the change of its mood towards external crises, while others considered it the beginning of an individual arms race.
Among the tweets monitored by the “Networks” episode on 6/25/2025, a tweet by activist Rooney, in which he said, “Europe must bear the responsibility of its security itself, the excessive dependence on Washington is no longer guaranteed, especially with the change of the American mood towards external obligations.”
Al -Hassan also wrote: “This proposal to raise spending raises concerns in countries in Europe of a new arms race at the expense of social priorities.”
While Samir said that Trump’s repeated discourse on payment for protection “does not aim to raise the defense budgets, but rather redefines the concept of collective protection within NATO, from an unconditional commitment, to a conditional contract with a fair payment and sharing of burdens.”
As for Abdel Aziz, he wrote, “Trump keeps the allies in a state of constant tension. This fluctuation may be an effective means of pressure, but it weakens political confidence and makes the alliance’s opponents bet on its internal division.”
25/6/2025–|Last update: 21:04 (Mecca time)